We got an Intel Engineering Sample Core i5-12400 ahead of launch and discovered several issues with the ES QXDY model. These are abundant on eBay and AliExpress, but be cautious.
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This review of the Intel Core i5-12400 Engineering Sample (QXDY) looks at the performance versus the 12600K, AMD R5 5600X, AMD R5 3600, and more. Of course, the biggest thing we're doing is showing the (potential) severe limitations of some Engineering Sample models, and demonstrating why you should exercise caution when purchasing very early Engineering Sample revisions online. They often work just fine, but in this case, we discovered issues with the PCIe capabilities for the GPU, the frequency boosting, and more.

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intel i5-12400 Engineering Sample Review
02:01 - Engineering Sample Overview
03:30 - Difficulty & Limitations with QXDY ES 12400
06:08 - Motherboards, Restrictions, & PCIe Gen
07:50 - Frequency Behavior
08:50 - Power Limits, Tau, & Testing
10:35 - i5-12400 ES Power Consumption - Blender
10:25 - Power Consumption in 1T & NT
11:01 - Blender Render CPU Benchmark
12:03 - Chromium Code Compile Benchmarks on CPUs
12:48 - 7-Zip Compression & Decompression
14:35 - Adobe Photoshop
15:15 - Adobe Premiere
15:48 - Game Benchmarks
16:08 - Red Dead Redemption 2 (1080p, Medium)
16:43 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (1080p, Very High)
17:12 - Conclusion

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Host, Test Lead: Steve Burke
Testing: Patrick Lathan
Video: Keegan Gallick

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